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By Dr. Mercola More than 28,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2014 — more deaths than any other year on record, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number includes deaths from both heroin...

By Dr. Mercola The war against illegal drug use has been going on for decades, but now it seems the “war on drugs” should have a new target… Legal drug addiction is taking lives in record numbers. In the UK, 1 million people are...

The epidemic of prescription opiate overdoses is a really complex issue. It's gotten a lot of press in the popular media especially as President Obama declared this a national crisis. But I'm afraid this is a much more nuanced issue than most people...

Voters in seven more states said "yes" to marijuana this month. Pot now is legal for recreational or medicinal use in more than half the country. It's still against federal law and classified as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning U.S. officials consider marijuana...

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 19-4, coupled with the CDC Guidelines introduced in March, have created a heightened concern from primary care physicians around treating their patients suffering from chronic pain. Comprehensive Pain...